Bonita
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,652
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 1,528 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,842since 1888
Bonita over time
Rank among girls' names. Bonita has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,958 | 71 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,892 | 74 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,318 | 104 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,502 | 76 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,485 | 77 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 83 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,111 | 123 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,198 | 109 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,221 | 102 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,160 | 107 | — | |
| 1976 | #988 | 129 | — | |
| 1975 | #978 | 126 | — | |
| 1974 | #772 | 179 | — | |
| 1973 | #815 | 161 | — | |
| 1972 | #667 | 224 | — | |
| 1971 | #637 | 260 | — | |
| 1970 | #566 | 321 | — | |
| 1969 | #515 | 361 | — | |
| 1968 | #502 | 373 | — | |
| 1967 | #438 | 461 | — | |
| 1966 | #400 | 528 | — | |
| 1965 | #363 | 624 | — | |
| 1964 | #368 | 662 | — | |
| 1963 | #326 | 831 | — | |
| 1962 | #305 | 924 | — | |
| 1961 | #303 | 930 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #316 | 893 | — | |
| 1959 | #333 | 812 | — | |
| 1958 | #327 | 822 | — | |
| 1957 | #289 | 971 | — | |
| 1956 | #242 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1955 | #230 | 1,238 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #232 | 1,199 | — | |
| 1953 | #218 | 1,354 | — | |
| 1952 | #199 | 1,456 | — | |
| 1951 | #190 | 1,522 | — | |
| 1950 | #181 | 1,528 | — | |
| 1949 | #186 | 1,508 | — | |
| 1948 | #203 | 1,315 | — | |
| 1947 | #189 | 1,448 | — | |
| 1946 | #198 | 1,213 | — | |
| 1945 | #226 | 844 | — | |
| 1944 | #204 | 979 | — | |
| 1943 | #206 | 1,014 | — | |
| 1942 | #234 | 826 | — | |
| 1941 | #232 | 742 | — | |
| 1940 | #275 | 516 | — | |
| 1939 | #312 | 391 | — | |
| 1938 | #335 | 359 | — | |
| 1937 | #398 | 266 | — | |
| 1936 | #423 | 234 | — | |
| 1935 | #401 | 260 | — | |
| 1934 | #422 | 242 | — | |
| 1933 | #422 | 230 | — | |
| 1932 | #438 | 226 | — | |
| 1931 | #447 | 206 | — | |
| 1930 | #455 | 219 | — | |
| 1929 | #482 | 197 | — | |
| 1928 | #492 | 196 | — | |
| 1927 | #494 | 199 | — | |
| 1926 | #509 | 188 | — | |
| 1925 | #485 | 208 | — | |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 | — | |
| 1923 | #564 | 164 | — | |
| 1922 | #647 | 128 | — | |
| 1921 | #612 | 142 | — | |
| 1920 | #608 | 137 | — | |
| 1919 | #704 | 99 | — | |
| 1918 | #723 | 99 | — | |
| 1917 | #721 | 93 | — | |
| 1916 | #631 | 115 | — | |
| 1915 | #700 | 90 | — | |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | — | |
| 1913 | #674 | 59 | — | |
| 1912 | #757 | 44 | — | |
| 1911 | #698 | 39 | — | |
| 1910 | #679 | 39 | — | |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bonita! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bonita is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#412 · 1 in 3,413
- Maryland#446 · 1 in 3,043
- South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,410
- Missouri#642 · 1 in 6,131
- Ohio#803 · 1 in 9,851
Best ever in a state: #48 in North Dakota, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #412 | 7 | 1 in 3,413 |
| Maryland | #446 | 6 | 1 in 3,043 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Missouri | #642 | 5 | 1 in 6,131 |
| Ohio | #803 | 7 | 1 in 9,851 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 11,001 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bonita
- 1,609 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #8,860)
- 1,937 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #8,860)
- 1,247 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 625 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1975 (#772 → #978)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1950 at #181 (1,528 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1903–1976
- Highest: 1 in 1,121 girls born in 1950 were named Bonita (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.9% of all girls named Bonita (12,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 35 | #1,122 (1896) | #1,269 |
| 1900s | 165 | #691 (1909) | #1,003 |
| 1910s | 735 | #631 (1916) | #705 |
| 1920s | 1,726 | #482 (1929) | #545 |
| 1930s | 2,633 | #312 (1939) | #405 |
| 1940s | 10,405 | #186 (1949) | #215 |
| 1950s | 12,076 | #181 (1950) | #244 |
| 1960s | 6,587 | #303 (1961) | #384 |
| 1970s | 1,718 | #566 (1970) | #900 |
| 1980s | 885 | #1,111 (1980) | #1,470 |
| 1990s | 450 | #1,892 (1990) | #3,042 |
| 2000s | 186 | #4,447 (2001) | #6,726 |
| 2010s | 149 | #6,186 (2016) | #8,037 |
| 2020s | 86 | #6,922 (2023) | #7,536 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bonita in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,018 of them was named Bonita, which outranked 89.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,212Shalanda103
- #1,212Stormy103
- #1,212Tabetha103
- #1,221Bonita102
- #1,221Cassidy102
- #1,221Chantal102
- #1,221Deandra102
- #1,231Candida101
- #1,231Estella101
- #1,231Joslyn101
Tied with 9 names at #1,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.